Sweetgum Valley Series by Heather Threatte

After five years away from home, Annaleigh Branson has moved back to Sweetgum Valley. At the top of her to-do list are plans to reconnect with her family and build her very own photography business. Nowhere on that list are there plans to find herself in the company of Chris Henderson. — The man she once loved and then lost. — He can take his arrogant attitude and his sinfully handsome good looks and get lost as far as she’s concerned.Chris has no desire to ever see or speak to Annaleigh again... moreAfter five years away from home, Annaleigh Branson has moved back to Sweetgum Valley. At the top of her to-do list are plans to reconnect with her family and build her very own photography business. Nowhere on that list are there plans to find herself in the company of Chris Henderson. — The man she once loved and then lost. — He can take his arrogant attitude and his sinfully handsome good looks and get lost as far as she’s concerned.Chris has no desire to ever see or speak to Annaleigh again. Finding out she’s moved back home doesn’t exactly give him the warm and fuzzies. In fact, it does the opposite. So when they keep getting thrown together by meddling friends and family… he’s decidedly unhappy about it. — It doesn’t matter if he’s still drawn to her like a moth to a flame. He’s not interested.She doesn’t want him. He doesn’t want her. They don’t want each other.But as they begin to lose perspective, fighting fate gets a little harder. Feelings resurface, old memories slip back in, and resolve washes away… leading to a second chance romance neither one saw coming. less

There is nothing worse than a devastatingly handsome man with smoldering glances and knee-weakening kisses. Or at least that’s Charley Branson’s philosophy on men. She prefers a simple life. One that includes her cat, steaming cups of hot tea, late-night dates with her treadmill, and relaxing afternoons curled up with a good book. She doesn’t need anything more than that... moreThere is nothing worse than a devastatingly handsome man with smoldering glances and knee-weakening kisses. Or at least that’s Charley Branson’s philosophy on men. She prefers a simple life. One that includes her cat, steaming cups of hot tea, late-night dates with her treadmill, and relaxing afternoons curled up with a good book. She doesn’t need anything more than that. So she certainly doesn’t need Parker Davis, devastatingly handsome man with piercing blue eyes who leaves her tongue-tied and a little breathless. Parker Davis, by contrast, doesn’t know the first thing about a simple life. He doesn’t even know what one looks like. Well, he didn’t. Until the rug was pulled out from underneath him, and the multi-millionaire’s son is now dead broke, working a retail job at a hardware store. Lucky for him, his new neighbor is not only helpful, she’s pretty. — And anything but simple. With Charley’s put-together life coming undone, and Parker’s already unraveling at his feet, can these two find their way to each other? Or will her past overshadow the present and steal the future away from them? Because when these two opposites attract… it’s bound to be a wild ride. less

Two people… impossible odds…When Hallie Henderson has to rush her landlady’s cat to the vet late one night, she doesn’t expect her landlady to insist upon taking Ace O’Hanlon, of all people, with her as backup. The man runs hot and cold, can go from a smile to moody and broody in under two seconds, and has spent years making no bones about hating her brother... moreTwo people… impossible odds…When Hallie Henderson has to rush her landlady’s cat to the vet late one night, she doesn’t expect her landlady to insist upon taking Ace O’Hanlon, of all people, with her as backup. The man runs hot and cold, can go from a smile to moody and broody in under two seconds, and has spent years making no bones about hating her brother.But in one night, Ace’s low rumble of laughter brings a smile to Hallie’s face, a little witty back-and-forth banter ensues, Hallie issues a long-overdue thank you, Ace renders first aid, and Hallie finds out that Ace—accidentally though it was—once saw her half-naked on a storage room security feed in his bar. — Awkward!… one night that changes everything…When Hallie shows up on Ace’s doorstep in the middle of the night, sporting her pajamas and a pair of goofy bedroom slippers, Ace is, naturally, confused. When they end up at the animal hospital after hours with no one but each other for company, he’s forced to see her outside of the connection they’ve always shared. — Her brother.She’s feisty. A challenge always sparkling in her eyes. Full of life and easy laughter. And Ace, well, Ace is just a man. A man with a bar Hallie keeps walking into.They’re the last two people anyone ever expected, but the more they’re together, this broken and bruised bartender and this soft, vulnerable, cargo-pants wearing, hammer-wielding woman hiding her own broken pieces behind a thick wall of armor, the more everything changes. less